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Head hose replacement Rick J at 5:39am 12.06.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/2505 Has anybody out there come up with an 'easier' way to replace the hoses from the holding tank to the
main bilge pump run to stern VINN at 7:20am 12.06.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1141 my 800 gph bilge pump mounted under neath the cabin sole is screaming on my h34. it must be replaced
Restoring a 42 Passage Brad Williams at 7:44am 12.06.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1209 I'm in the middle of restoring a 1995 42 Passage. Are there any 95 passage owners that would be wil
Pedestals Kerry at 4:23am 01.31.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/955 Iam trying to find a set of bow and sternn Pedestals for a Hunter 27 1982.I just baught the boat.Go
Bimini-44 Hunter Wallace Shakun at 7:58am 12.06.07 Big Boats 3/983 Looking for a source for a bimini for a Hunter 44.Want to have all attachments to the railings. Ca
wood work over holding tank (1) Jim Della Vecchia at 8:10am 12.06.07 Big Boats 8/1148 I found an article on removing the holding tank on a H34. I need info on how to remove the top part
Honda CRV Towing/MacGregor 22 scribs07 at 8:17am 12.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/5332 I own a Honda CRV and have use it to tow my sailboat as well as a Pontoon boat. The Gross Vehicle W
Perfect Tender for a Macgregor Captain E at 8:20am 12.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 31/7156 I don't wan't to sound like a commercial, but thought I would share this with everyone else http://w
Electric Gurus Peter Milne at 8:33am 12.06.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1198 I want to install an hour meter in the engine room and I need a power supply that only runs when the
how do i size up my boat? sven11193 at 9:37am 12.06.07 S2 2/1737 i am trying to find out how to get my boat to hawaii on the cheap without sailing it myself. i have
Nav. question sort of. Not another one! CalebD at 9:59am 12.06.07 Ask All Sailors 3/964 If you were in the ARC race and you pulled up a NOAA 24 hour wind/wave forecast that looked like thi
Forgot to remove battery Mike16400 at 10:08am 12.06.07 Ask All Sailors 19/2599 I just had my boat shrink wrapped and forgot to remove the battery. Should I cut a hole in the wrap
Transom leak Yvan at 10:34am 12.06.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1028 I'm looking to buy a hunter 29.5 1996, I heard that they might have a problem of water leaking at t
Where is best place to replace mast stay Michael Brennan at 10:33am 12.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1080 I need to replace my side stays on my 26 S. Can anyone recommend a place I can order them sent with
Hunter 40.5 Brochure Marco Garcia at 11:30am 12.06.07 Big Boats 1/2166 I just posted an original brochure for the hunter 40.5. It is 6 Pages. It is under the "Boat Model I
Great Lakes Sailors - Max Draft to Navigate? jk2894 at 11:38am 12.06.07 Ask All Sailors 16/5826 We're buying a boat - will sail all of Lake Michigan - will probably venture into Huron.The lake i
Irwin 43-46 Sailing qualities?? R Michael at 11:51am 12.06.07 Irwin 4/2935 Hi all,As ex - Irwin 52 owners now downsizing, we were very pleased with the I-52, quite acceptable
Almost Running Out of Winter Projects ............ (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:47pm 12.06.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1200 ........... here in soggy Vancouver.Has anyone ever come across a vendor for the fancy galley spla
holding tank guages davidtre at 9:16pm 12.01.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1506 I have a Hunter sailboat, and guages on holding tank seem to get stuck regularly, so hard to know wh
Beneteau crockery AndyR at 7:41pm 12.01.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/3683 We have recently purchased a Beneteau 393, however some of the Beneteau logo crockery was missing.

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Replacing a thru hull on a Newport 30 my 3 bil1215 at 8:39am 11.13.21 Hi sorry my mind was racing through thoughts as I was typing. I mean after removal of the thru hull
They made the cover of People Magazine Leeward Rail at 8:08am 11.13.21 Not Clearwater. Key West, Jacksonville, maybe Pensacola. We didn't get to any of those locations w
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? jeepbluetj at 7:47am 11.13.21 Ayup - just going to be drifting around. I was also over in Catalina 4 weeks ago and must have passe
Sail cover repair question sail sfbay at 7:40am 11.13.21 For future reference a stack pack for a lazy jack system can be purchased on-line, based on your mea
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:36am 11.13.21 LA is only number 17 on the list of busiest ports. Investing in companies which make very long ancho
Stray Induced Current JoeWhite at 7:34am 11.13.21 Place an LED in series in the green wire. If it lights up there is current in the wire.
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Alan Gomes at 7:33am 11.13.21 No, they are not going to have them "anchor" 150 miles offshore. They are going to have them cool th
Sail cover repair question Tally Ho at 7:18am 11.13.21 I took my Genoa to North Sail a couple of years ago because I noticed that the cloth at the bottom h
Keel to hull joint DeniseO30 at 7:00am 11.13.21 It's almost always a case of keel bolt attachment, torque, age, and decomposition, of the bolts and
2004 41 AC Hex key size for Tiller lever sail sfbay at 6:47am 11.13.21 Long shot............contact the pedestal manufacturer (Lewmar?) for the dimension OR buy a few size
Stray Induced Current kloudie1 at 6:46am 11.13.21 @dLj Yup The reading will vary with position around the generator housing as more or less of the
Stray Induced Current sailme88 at 6:32am 11.13.21 The QED to determine proximity stray field energy is to remove the testing equipment from the area.
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 6:13am 11.13.21 @dLj Agree. I intend to try a few of those things since they are easy and an interesting experime
Replace Traveler on 35S5 sail sfbay at 6:10am 11.13.21 Suggest contacting the Beneteau 35S5 owner in post #7 in the SBO thread below to find out how he rep
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:09am 11.13.21 Interesting theoretical discussions. When I first measured the current at the location near the ge
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 6:02am 11.13.21 Interesting theoretical discussions. When I first measured the current at the location near the gen
Stray Induced Current dLj at 5:57am 11.13.21 That reading is a result of the magnetic field from the generator affecting the measuring sensor of
Stray Induced Current kloudie1 at 5:39am 11.13.21 That reading is a result of the magnetic field from the generator affecting the measuring sensor of
Keel to hull joint Don S/V ILLusion at 5:29am 11.13.21 We did ours that way. We got tired of looking at the crack at the junction that would seep rust sta
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 5:29am 11.13.21 Did you try just putting your meter right next to the green wire near the generator to see if it ga

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